Overview
- Bangladeshi Hindu trader Khokon Chandra Das died in a Dhaka hospital after a mob allegedly stabbed him and tried to burn him, marking the latest in a string of attacks reported since mid-December.
- India has registered serious concern over continued hostility toward minorities in Bangladesh, as rights groups highlight rising incidents under the interim administration.
- BJP campaigner Mithun Chakraborty invoked cross-border violence in West Bengal rallies, accusing the TMC of allowing conditions that would turn the state into “West Bangladesh.”
- BJP leader Sangeet Som labeled Shah Rukh Khan a “traitor” for KKR’s inclusion of Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman, while opposition leaders and former cricketers countered that selections are handled by franchise committees and the BCCI.
- Maharashtra’s ruling alliance secured 68 civic seats unopposed before voting, prompting the State Election Commission to open inquiries and withhold final declarations after complaints of coercion and process violations, which ruling figures deny.